Tobacco-pipe



J. N. WHITEHOUSE. TOBACCO PIPE. APPLICATION FILED sEPT.1a. 191s.

Patented July 1, 1919.

UNITED STATES PATENT oiiEioE.

n JOHN NATZI WHITEHOUSE, OF NEW YORK, N. Y., ASSIGN OR TO WM. DEMUTH & CO., OF

` NEW YORK, N.Y., A CORPORATION OF NEW YORK.

TOBACCO-PIPE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented July 1 1919.

To all whom 'it may concern:

Be it known that I, JOHN NA'rzi WHITE- HoUsE, a citizen of the United States, residing at New York, in the county of New York and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Tobacco-Pipes, of which the following is a specification.

M invention relates to tobacco pipes and particularly to pipes having removable tubes which form the smoke channels and serve as collecting means for the tobacco juice and saliva.

An object of my invention is the provision of a pipe of the above described character wherein the removable tube is so constructed that, irrespective of its position in the pipe, it will form a free and unrestricted conduit for the passage 0f the smoke.

I will describe one form of pipe and tube embodying my invention and will then point out the novel features thereof in claims.

In the accompanying drawing, Figure 1 is a view showing in vertical section one form of pi e embodying my invention having applie thereto one form of removable tube embodying my invention;

Fig. 2 is a section taken on the line 2-2 of Fig. 1; and

Fig. 3 is a perspective view of the removable tube.

Similar reference characters refer to similar parts in each of the several views.

Referring to the drawings, A designates the bowl of a smoking pipe,

C the mouthpiece. As shown in Fig. 1, the

` inner wall of the bowl A is formed with a circular recess 12 formed in the forward side wall of thebowl A, such recess being of a diameter corresponding to the diameter of the bore 11 of the pipe stem. The diameter of the bore 11 is uniform throughout its length with the exception of its right hand end which is enlarged to receive the mouthpiece C. The bore of the mouthpiece C indicated at 13, freely accommodates one end of a tube T.

The tube T is formed of any suitable material such as aluminum, and adjacent both ends it is formed at diametrically opposite points with elongated openings 14, as shown in Fig. 2.

In practice,

ward end of the tube rests within the recess 12 and the openings 14 are centrally dis- B the stein and.

the tube T is inserted into the stem B, and when pushed home the forsaid bowl portion posed above theI bottom of the bowl, and slightl' spaced from the same. The mouthpiece is now inserted into the stein B, the bore 13 of the mouthpiece receiving the tube T. The tube T need not be cut to length with any great exactness, because when it is in'posit'ion in the pipe it extends only a short distance into the inner end of the mouthpiece C, which as shown may be bored out through its whole length. i

As in similar forms ofy pipes, the tube T is designed to serve the functions of a smoke and 'residue collecting channel, and is removable to permit the cleaning of the same. Heretofore, tubes of this character have been so constructed that it has been necessary to carefully 'insert the tube in the pipe in a predetermined position so that the opening at the inner end of the tube will be presented upwardly to communicate with the bowl and to thus convey the smoke therefrom. With the present invention, the tube T may be carelessly inserted in any position, either end to, and still secure the proper communication between the bowl and tube. This is duel first, to the disposition of the openings of the position of the tube, either opening or a portion thereof is presented upwardly within the bowl; and secondly to the fact that these openings are provided at each end of the tube, in each case at the same distancel from the end, so that either end may be inserted through the stem B. Furthermore the distance from recess 12, through bore 11 and bore 13, is greater than the length of tube T, so that the tube may be of varying len hs, provided only that it must projectsu ciently from bore 11 -so that it may be readily removed.

Although I have herein shown and described only one form of pipe and tube embodying my invention it is to be understood that various changes and modifications may be made without departing from the spirit and scope of the appended claims.v

I claim: V

1. A smoking pipe comprising a bowl portion, a stem, a mouthpiece removably fitted tin the stern, a tube removably fitted in the stem and projecting therefrom partways into the mouthpiece and to effect communication between the ybowl of the pipe and the tube in any position to which the tube ma be turned in the stein, eing recessed above the formed with openings l Y@ magere bottom wall Vthereof to receive the forward between the bowl of the pipe and the tube end of said tube., and the mouthpiece being in any position tov which theI tube may be bored to freely accommodate the. opposite turned in the stem, said bowl portion being end of the tube recessed above the bottom wall thereof to 5 2. Asmoking pipe comprisingabowl porreceive the forward end of said tube, and i5 tion, a stem, a mouthpiece removably fitted the. mouthpiece being bored to freely accomin the stem, a tube removably fitted in the modate the opposite end of the tube.

stem and projecting therefrom partways ln testimony whereof ll aiiX my signature.

into the mouthpiece and formed at each 3l@ end with openings to eect communication JOHN NA'llZl WHlTEHUUSE; 

